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Earth Science 59 2092 1895 136 126 341 9855

Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff between 1980 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff published across 44 years, from 1980 to 2023, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 51 publications in 1997. 5 of the 355 publications appeared in the last two years.

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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 51. Peak 51 publications in 1997. 1980: 2 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 14 publications 1997: 51 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 47 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 2 publications
1980 2023

355 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff: publications per year, 1980 to 2023
Year Publications
1980 2
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 2
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 3
1990 1
1991 2
1992 0
1993 3
1994 1
1995 3
1996 14
1997 51
1998 2
1999 3
2000 21
2001 6
2002 16
2003 5
2004 4
2005 8
2006 6
2007 9
2008 4
2009 7
2010 28
2011 47
2012 12
2013 10
2014 4
2015 11
2016 11
2017 12
2018 9
2019 11
2020 8
2021 11
2022 3
2023 2
Total 355
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Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 338–347 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 341 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64 341
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136 59
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to oceanographic and geochemical processes, including riverine and shelf-derived trace elements, particle-seawater interactions, and trace metal distribution in polar and marine environments. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Particle-Seawater Interaction of Neodymium in the North Atlantic (2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • Mercury Export Flux in the Arctic Ocean Estimated from 234Th/238U Disequilibria (2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • Dissolved Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn in the Arctic Ocean (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Separating individual contributions of major Siberian rivers in the Transpolar Drift of the Arctic Ocean (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff include:

  • Dorothea Bauch
  • Ronja Paffrath
  • Walter Geibert
  • Loes J. A. Gerringa
  • Ole Valk

Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff publishes regularly in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Nature Communications

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Best Publications

  • An assessment of the use of sediment traps for estimating upper ocean particle fluxes

    Ken O. Buesseler;Avan N. Antia;Min Chen;Scott W. Fowler

  • 230Th-normalization: an essential tool for interpreting sedimentary fluxes during the late Quaternary

    Roger Francois;Martin Frank;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Michael P. Bacon

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

    G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

  • Sampling and Sample-handling Protocols for GEOTRACES Cruises

    G. Cutter;P. Andersson;Lou Codispoti;P. Croot

  • Trapping efficiency of bottom-tethered sediment traps estimated from the intercepted fluxes of 230Th and 231Pa

    Ein-Fen Yu;R. Francois;M. P. Bacon;S. Honjo

  • Comparison of summer and winter inorganic carbon, oxygen and nutrient concentrations in Antarctic sea ice brine

    Markus Gleitz;Michiel Rutgers v.d. Loeff;David N. Thomas;Gerhard S. Dieckmann

  • Similar glacial and interglacial export bioproductivity in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean: Multiproxy evidence and implications for glacial atmospheric CO2

    Martin Frank;Rainer Gersonde;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Oxygen uptake kinetics in the benthic boundary layer

    Per O. J. Hall;Leif G. Anderson;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Bjørn Sundby

  • Benthic fluxes of cadmium, copper, nickel, zinc and lead in the coastal environment

    Stig F.G. Westerlund;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Trapping efficiencies of sediment traps from the deep Eastern North Atlantic:: the 230Th calibration

    Jan Scholten;Jan Fietzke;S. Vogler;M. Rutgers van der Loeff

  • Ecology and biogeochemistry of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current during austral spring a summary of Southern Ocean JGOFS cruise ANT X/6 of R. V. Polarstern

    V. Smetacek;de Henricus Baar;U. Bathmann;K. Lochte

  • Low dissolved Fe and the absence of diatom blooms in remote Pacific waters of the Southern Ocean

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Jeroen T.M. de Jong;Rob F. Nolting;Klaas R. Timmermans

  • Scavenging of 230Th and 231Pa near the antarctic polar front in the South Atlantic

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Gijs W. Berger

  • Carbon export during the spring bloom at the Antarctic Polar Front, determined with the natural tracer 234Th

    Michiel M. Rutgers Van Der Loeff;Jana Friedrich;Ulrich V. Bathmann

  • The asphyxiation technique: An approach to distinguishing between molecular diffusion and biologically mediated transport at the sediment—water interface

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Leif G. Anderson;Per O. J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • A two-tracer (210Po-234Th) approach to distinguish organic carbon and biogenic silica export flux in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Jana Friedrich;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff

  • Provenance and transport of terrigenous sediment in the south Atlantic Ocean and their relations to glacial and interglacial cycles: Nd and Sr isotopic evidence

    H.J Walter;E Hegner;B Diekmann;G Kuhn

  • An intercomparison of small- and large-volume techniques for thorium-234 in seawater

    Ken O. Buesseler;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;John Andrews

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • Transportation of water, particulate and dissolved organic and inorganic matter between a salt marsh and the Ems-Dollard estuary, The Netherlands

    Norbert Dankers;Michel Binsbergen;Koos Zegers;Remi Laane

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Bathmann
Ulrich Bathmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hein J W de Baar
Hein J W de Baar University of Groningen
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Augusto Mangini
Augusto Mangini Heidelberg University
Dorothea Bauch
Dorothea Bauch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Nicolas Cassar
Nicolas Cassar Duke University
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Benjamin Rabe
Benjamin Rabe Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Humberto E. González
Humberto E. González Austral University of Chile

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